Results 41-60 of 740 for garda speaker:Brendan Howlin

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence: Statements (6 Jul 2021)

Brendan Howlin: .... We defined it in section 39 of that Act. There was concern that there would not be prosecutions because it is do difficult to prove coercive control in court, but there have been. I commend An Garda Síochána and its specialist units on following such cases up. The belittling abuse and control of people's lives, and women's lives, by and large, by coercive men is a shocking...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (30 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: ...alcohol in the new temporary areas on streets and public spaces that have been set up for pubs is not permitted, despite local authorities granting permission for it. I also said that both the Garda and publicans and restaurateurs need certainty in this regard. The Minister, Deputy Humphreys, said that same day, in essence, that she had talked to the Garda Commissioner and that...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (23 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: ...judgment or determination was made by Government order under the Offences against the State Act 1939. Having regard to the Minister for Justice's role in policing and the reporting relationship between An Garda Síochána and the Government, the Minister presumably had the information needed to make those decisions, but under these two Acts, the Oireachtas took that...

Private Security Services (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (6 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: ...in other places across the country, caused many of our constituents to reach out to us with a real sense of concern. One of the issues in the North Frederick Street incident was that members of An Garda Síochána were present but almost as bystanders, doing nothing, as individuals carried out a court order in what most people considered a very heavy-handed way. Most people...

European Union Regulation: Motion (29 Apr 2021)

Brendan Howlin: ..., forensic accounting and others require a degree of specialisation that we have only really begun in recent years to apply to policing in this country. We need not only trained members of the Garda, who go through a process of training in Templemore before progressing through the ranks, but also a range of specialist supports. The Minister of State indicated that these proposals will...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (28 Apr 2021)

Brendan Howlin: ...to speak to us too. When the Labour Party was in government we eventually got around to enacting the Policing Authority. We need to safeguard the principles that underscored the establishment of An Garda Síochána in the 1920s, that there would be unarmed community policing. Even the name An Garda Síochána signifies that its members are the guardians of the peace....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Pensions (21 Apr 2021)

Brendan Howlin: ...pension entitlement of a person (details supplied); if she will arrange to have a fresh medical examination in this case; if consideration has been made as to whether this person could serve again as a garda under the pensions order of 1925; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19135/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (24 Mar 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 1195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the next round of recruitment to An Garda Síochána will take place; the number to be recruited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14006/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Victims' Testimony in Cases of Rape and Sexual Assault: Discussion. (23 Mar 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I have a brief question for the Department of Justice officials on the Garda Síochána statistics, which were very much discredited some time ago. Since the CSO refused to stand over statistics provided for a variety of crimes, what is the reliability and accuracy of the statistics provided by An Garda Síochána and the PULSE system for each category of crime?

Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Second Stage (10 Feb 2021)

Brendan Howlin: ...my time in the Department of Public Expenditure, I still tried to address this. I set up a public private partnership system, as well as a direct-build system, to provide for both courthouses and Garda stations. It is entirely unacceptable that in a variety of courthouses across the country, family law matters are not afforded the privacy or even the unimposing structure that a modern...

Covid-19: Motion [Private Members] (10 Feb 2021)

Brendan Howlin: ...and women's organisations have recognised, women are uniquely affected and in a greater way by this pandemic than any other cohort. For example, there is the case of domestic violence. I commend An Garda Síochána on its efforts. It has gone well beyond what anybody could have asked for in respect of its efforts to address the issue. Gardaí have been visible and...

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (27 Jan 2021)

Brendan Howlin: ...EU estimate on an annual basis. I understand we do not have a proper estimate of money that is misappropriated. We need not only to strengthen our laws but, following on from the debate we just had about Garda oversight, we also need to have financial oversight in a robust fashion within the EU. The largest fraud, according to the report of the UK House of Lords investigation, was in...

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (27 Jan 2021)

Brendan Howlin: As a society, we give enormous powers over our very liberty to our police force, An Garda Síochána. A requirement of democratic society, therefore, is to have robust and effective oversight bodies to ensure these powers are always used proportionately and properly and as is expected by the Legislature. I campaigned to have a Garda ombudsman established since my involvement in...

Community Safety and Preventing Crime: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: ...in the last decade in this Chamber on effective policing and on how to go about it. We have tried different initiatives. I have argued for a long time for an independent policing authority, a Garda ombudsman and so on and eventually versions of that were put in place. More recently, a comprehensive Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland was established and its recommendations...

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motion (4 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: ...willing to provide State supports for them to survive this unprecedented time. I hope the Minister will mention that in her final comments. I will conclude on yesterday's briefing and the views of An Garda Síochána. We were told by the Minister's officials that An Garda Síochána is happy with these provisions and supports their extension. There was some doubt...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Brendan Howlin: ...across the globe that giving that sort of power to a police force to move people on because they are loitering with intent is fraught with difficulty. All that is needed is one member of An Garda Síochána acting out in a way that they should not to really fundamentally cause concerns. We can make this much better if we are given the opportunity. Every Member of this House...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Brendan Howlin: ..., that is warranted. However, we are on the threshold of going too far. I am happy with the approach to private dwellings, as Deputy Kelly mentioned. It would be a bridge too far to give An Garda Síochána the authority to enter private dwellings, which can only be done by way of warrant now. That would be unacceptable. Where there is an obvious disturbance taking place...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Civilian Staff (14 Oct 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the full-year cost of recruiting three additional full-time accountants for the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30431/20]

Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (22 Sep 2020)

Brendan Howlin: ...resources now available. Despite what I read in one recent tweet from Fine Gael, the former Deputy and Minister, Ruairí Quinn, set up the Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB, in 1996, after the shocking murders of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe and Veronica Guerin. Those murders shocked the nation to the core. The CAB has been a very successful mechanism. The old adage is that Al Capone was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (17 Sep 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Garda protective services unit for the Wexford division will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24576/20]